Racism in a Greek Pari Store In Nashville TN.....Please read

[aquafina03]

If you haven't heard the full story of the SGgRho's
encounter
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here it
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> Racial Discrimination Protest
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> To Whom It May Concern:
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> On October 5,2005 Latoya Trice, a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., placed a t-shirt order with an establishment by the name of
You Greek, Me Greek, a local greek paraphernalia store. It was made clear
that if Latoya wanted to make any changes to the t-shirt, she should e-mail
or notify him before the shirts were printed. After making some minor
changes, the owner agreed that he would be able to provide his services and a
deposit was put down. On October 28,2005 at around 11:30am, Latoya Trice returned to the store along with two other members of the sorority; Ashley Coleman and
myself, April Gardner. Our intentions were to talk to the store owner and
see if anything could be done to compensate for the screen printing errors of
the t-shirts, whether in a monetary refund, or by reprinting the shirts. Upon entering the store a lady by the name of Jamie greeted us and went to he back of the store to get her husband. Before engaging in any discussion we took notice that there were about 2 or 3 customers in the
store. Steve and Jamie came out and we proceeded to tell him about our concern and dissatisfaction with the faded letters on the t-shirt. We remained calm and were willing to work with the correction of the t-shirts.
Steve continued to tell us that the mistakes were minor details, which we should
have known they might come out with those mistakes, and that he had to work a
number of hours to complete the shirts, and therefore would not be reprinting
them.
We proceeded to go back and forth with him, while Jamie stands behind the cash register saying things like "I'm tired of them", "They just
want stuff for free", "They're scaring away the customers", and referring to
us as a "gang". After going back and forth with Steve he tells his wife to
just give us $100 back to "make them shut up" and that he'll never again provide
a service for the sorority. Jamie then takes 8 $10 bills and 1 S20 bill from the cash register and proceeds to physically throw the money in our face. After this, many if not all of the customers began leaving the store.
Steve tells her to pick up the money, but continues to tell us that he just wants us out of the store, and that they are going to be forced to call the
police. At this point the discussion becomes even more heated, and he tells us that he will give us back $200 and then we need to leave. Steve tells Jamie to take
out another
$100 from the register, at which point Jamie becomes extremely
upset. She tells him that there is not even enough money in the register
to do so, and
that we shouldn't even get the money back. I then said to
Jamie, that we
would rather discuss this with Steve, as he was the one who actually made the shirts.
Jamie then positions herself in front of my face, and yells
that we wasted her entire Sunday byway of the t-shirts, and tells me and my sorors to "Go to hell, you FUCKING NIGGER BITCHES." A delivery man from UPS
walks in the store just as Steve is shouting at Jamie to "shut the FUCK up" and
to "get the
FUCK
in the back." At this point, Latoya and I left the store, and
Ashley
stayed
to
resume the monetary issue.

As African Americans, we are completely outraged by the events
that took

place

in the store today. As well as being harassed, discriminated
against,
and
demeaned, we were publicly humiliated and made to feel as
though we were
a
threat to the public. We are looking to spread the word about
this
unfortunate and appalling event. We want to make sure that any and
everybody who may
possibly conduct business with this establishment is aware of
their
discriminatory ways, and that the store owners receive the
proper
repercussions due. If you can help us in any way regarding
this matter,
your
time and efforts are greatly appreciated.
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